Academic freedom is an important value that must be protected. That includes protection against those who would exploit their freedom to undermine academic integrity and the academic freedom of others from within. At Cornell University, that threat is emerging. The context surrounding this threat has to do with a course...
Maya Wind’s House of Cards
On March 13, an event was held at the City University of New York to celebrate the release of Dr. Maya Wind’s new book, Towers of Ivory and Steel. The event featured Dr. Wind, Professor Nikhil Pal Singh, and Professor Andrew Ross. The invitation described the book as exposing Israeli...
CAMERA on Campus Leads Successful Tour with Adiel Cohen Celebrating Yemenite Jewish Heritage
This November, CAMERA on Campus concluded an inspiring nationwide tour with Adiel Cohen, a prominent social media activist and storyteller. The tour highlighted Yemenite Jewish heritage, bringing Adiel’s personal family history to life through powerful narratives and engaging discussions. Cohen, widely known for his vibrant online presence, boasting almost 200,000...
The Vital Role of Dialogue on Campus: A Reflection on Recent Events
Nearly 13 months after October 7, 2023, and amid the ongoing Gaza war, I find myself increasingly concerned about the lack of open discourse, particularly among those who identify as anti-Zionist on our campuses. Many of the people who oppose Israel’s existence simply don’t know or understand the history, and...
Campus Radicalization: How Extremist Narratives Target New Students on UK Campuses
Anti-Israel sentiment on UK university campuses is steadily growing, leading to a troubling trend of student radicalization. Pro-Palestinian student societies across the UK generally claim to promote social justice, but they often use emotionally charged messaging and historical distortions to manipulate impressionable new students into accepting radical narratives. Having met...
I Was Targeted and Abused on My Campus; I Fought Back and Took Action on the Ground
As a Jewish student who supports Israel, I expected that my time on campus would include civilized debates, but never the level of hostility that I encountered. Today’s university climate is rife with antisemitism, and UK campuses specifically saw double the number of incidents in 2024. These real-life instances of...
How Anti-Israel Student Groups’ Flawed Demands Threaten Jewish Students on UK Campuses
There has been an undeniable rise of antisemitism on UK college campuses since the October 7 massacre. The Community Security Trust (CST) recorded a 465% increase in university-related antisemitic incidents during the first half of 2024. This has been driven by anti-Israel student groups and networks that have coordinated campaigns...
My Zionist experience in Azerbaijan and the UK
It has become common knowledge that the atrocities committed by Palestinians in Gaza on October 7 2023 emboldened the already widespread antisemitism in the West. From the mainstream media refusing to call Hamas a terrorist organisation to university campuses that have become no-go-to zones for Jewish and Zionist students in the UK and US...
